2000年考研英语（一）试题

Section I   Structure and Vocabulary

Part A

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

I have been to the Great Wall three times ________________________ 1979.

[A] from

[B] after

[C] for

[D] since

The sentence should read, “I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.” Therefore, you should choose [D]

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [C] [■]

1.    As I’ll be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate ________________________ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along.

[A] hearing

[B] to hear

[C] to be hearing（A）

[D] having heard

2.    Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ________________________ to find it locked.

[A] just

[B] only

[C] hence（B）

[D] thus

3.    Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent ________________________ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.

[A] to sunbathe

[B] to have sunbathed

[C] having sunbathed（D）

[D] sunbathing

4.    Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled ________________________ a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.

[A] to

[B] with

[C] for（A）

[D] on

5.    On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ________________________ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading “Boston”.

[A] which

[B] where

[C] when（C）

[D] that

6.    Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ________________________ out of the office.

[A] went

[B] gone

[C] to go（C）

[D] would go

7.    The roles expected ________________________ old people in such a setting give too few psychological satisfactions for normal happiness.

[A] of

[B] on

[C] to（A）

[D] with

8.    Talk to anyone in the drug industry, ________________________ you’ll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.

[A] or

[B] and

[C] for（B）

[D] so

9.    It wasn’t so much that I disliked her ________________________ that I just wasn’t interested in the whole business.

[A] rather

[B] so

[C] than（D）

[D] as

10.  Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone ________________________ one.

[A] getting

[B] to get

[C] gotten（C）

[D] get

Part B

Directions:

Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

A number of [A] foreign visitors were taken [B] to the industrial exhibition, which [C] they saw [D] many new products.

Answer [C] is wrong. The sentence should read, “A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition, where they saw many new products.” So you should choose [C].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [■] [D]

11.  on a remote island, little work them, the soldiers suffered from boredom and low .（A）

12.  If the letter on the writing table an hour ago, it certain there now.（D）

13.  The party could even lose majority in the lower house of parliament, a period of .（C）

14.  The mechanisms work in the tendency for such physical activity utilize the harmful constituents of the stress response.（D）

15.  the long run, however, this hurry full-time staff may be harmful to industry as it is the workforce.（C）

16.  See to that you include the examination paper questions they didn’t know last time.（D）

17.  Most newspapers, the major part of space to recent events, usually manage to find on the inside pages for articles some interesting topics.（B）

18.  One sign you are making progress in an such as painting or photography is you begin to realize how much to learn.（A）

19.  The ideal listener stays both the music at the moment it is played and it almost the composer at the moment he .（B）

20.  exposure to stress has been linked to functioning of the immune system, a person more liable infection.（D）

Part C

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

Example:

The lost car of the Lees was found ________________________ in the woods off the highway.

[A] vanished

[B] scattered

[C] abandoned

[D] rejected

The sentence should read, “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose [C].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [■][D]

21.  He spoke so ________________________ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.

[A] bluntly

[B] convincingly

[C] emphatically（B）

[D] determinedly

22.  France’s ________________________ of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.

[A] assumption

[B] consumption

[C] presumption（D）

[D] resumption

23.  The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, ________________________ an outburst of interest.

[A] flared

[B] glittered

[C] sparked（C）

[D] flashed

24.  His efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two Parties ________________________.

[A] came off